Our Story

1981 Caribbean View Home for Children became the responsibility of a group of volunteers affiliated with Young Life, a Christianyouth organization; and Gladys Thomas accepted the job of managing the orphanage.

1986 Rainbow of Love Nursery was established to care for the increasing number of babies under the age of two who were being brought to FEH for care and some who were found abandoned at the General Hospital.

1989 Fondation Pour Les Enfants d’Haiti (FEH) became the name of the organization in Haiti, that was running the orphanage, nursery, and school.

1989 United States Foundation for the Children of Haiti (USFCH) became the name of the entity within which volunteers in the United States of American serve in their effort to support FEH.

1994 Hope Hospital, a pediatric hospital in Port-au-Prince, opened its doors for outpatient care.

1995 Hope Hospitalbecame fully operational for inpatient as well as outpatient treatment of children.

1998 Hope Hospital expanded its mission to include prenatal and maternity care.

2003 Children's Village of Hope, a campus-style setting, opened its first building and became the new site for Rainbow of Love Nursery and Hope Institute for Handicapped Children.

2004 Circle of Older Ones of the Foundation for the Children of Haiti (Cercle des Anciens de la Fondation Pour les Enfants d'Haiti was organized as an alumni organization by young people who grew up at Haiti Home for Children.

2005 Adult Outpatient Clinic was opened at Hope Hospital.

2010 Catastrophic earthquake strikes Haiti. Fondation Pour Les Enfants d'Haiti is spared devastation by the earthquake that destroys much of Port-au-Prince. Thousands of patients are treated at Hope Hospital. Supplies, donations, and medical volunteers are sent because it is known that the Foundation has a long track record of using resources wisely and that it is already operational providing service to the Haitian people.

2015 - Hopital Espoir opens a pediatric unit.

2016 - Children's Village of Hope is transformed to to the New Academy of Excellence, "Nouvelle Academie D'Excellence". The name reflects the Foundation’s commitment to modeling high standards – in its programs, facilities and out-comes – to demonstrate to Haitian children and the broader community that poverty in Haiti is not inevitable, and Haitians can aspire to the same standards expected and en-joyed in developed countries

New Trade and Technical School in Mussotte - Christian Institute for Technical Training (C-Tech). FEH and its partners located the Institute in a rural area in order to counter the trend of young people moving into the overcrowded city of Port au Prince. (The movement of people to large urban centers that lack space and services gives rise to significant social problems.)C-Tech will begin by offering a few programs in trades where there is immediate demand for the technical skills. This will allow grads to find employment or establish their own businesses when they graduate.